I bite my lip out of nervousness, bouncing my knee up and down. My eyes are closed because I'm too scared to see how I'll look.

I feel a hand slide into mine. "Haru stop worrying, you'll look beautiful." It's Jungkook.

"I can't believe I actually agreed to doing this," I mumble, and I hear Taehyung chuckle.

Taehyung and Yoongi decided to join us, and the rest of the guys went to the tattoo shop.

"Haru I'm telling you, rose gold will really

suit you," Yoongi says, approaching me.

"Alright, I'm done!" I hear the barber say.

"Holy crap," I mutter under my breath before opening my eyes. I gasp, covering my mouth.

Jungkook grins, "Told you you would look good."

"Woah is that Park Haru? She looks so different," Yoongi smiles, looking at me through the mirror.

"Haru looks like a cooler version of herself. I mean she was already cool, but you know what I mean," Taehyung comes behind me and combs out my hair with his fingers.

"I love it," I say, playing with the tips of my hair, admiring the soft pink.

"You're so pretty," Jungkook whispers, low enough so that only I can hear.

I playfully nudge him as I stand up, the barber taking off the cutting cape that covers my body.

After paying and leaving the shop, Yoongi gasps. "You know what I just realized?"

Jungkook raises an eyebrow, "Hm?"

"All of us have tattoos of our initials," he starts, and the guys turn their heads towards me.

"Except for you," Taehyung points a finger at me.

After a moment I speak up, "Well, what are we waiting for then?"

This time I knew the pain I was about to face. Getting a tattoo anywhere near a bone is painful—I learned that the hard way.

Yet I still decided to get one in a painful place. Why? I really don't know.

"Okay Haru, lets do this," Jungkook slips on his gloves, sliding over in his chair.

He winks, rubbing down my collarbone with alcohol, "You're not gonna make me fall out of my chair again, will you?"

"This time I'm gonna make sure you fall out of your chair."

He chuckles, and Jimin and Namjoon walk into the room.

Namjoon gasps, "Woah, Haru, your hair!"

"She looks pretty doesn't she?" Jimin asks, and Namjoon chuckles in awe.

"Oh my gosh you look gorgeous!" he says, approaching me. "It's gonna take me a while to get used to this version of you, especially now that you're gonna join the initials squad."

"Yeahhh," Jimin says, cheering me on. "You're going for the collarbone?"

I nod, "I know it'll be painful but I'll be fine."

Jungkook turns on the tattoo gun, the familiar buzz ringing in the air. "You ready?"

I gulp, "Yup."

"I'll hold your hand if that makes you feel better," Namjoon smiles, dimples popping through.

I smile warmly in response, "Thank you."

Jungkook leans closer to me, "Okay love, here goes nothing."

I clench my eyes shut as the tattoo gun presses against my skin. It's just as painful as my rib tattoo, to my dismay.

I grit my teeth, suppressing a pained squeal.

"You're doing good Haru!" I hear Jimin say. It sounds like he's moved onto the side where Jungkook is. Namjoon squeezes my hand gently in assurance.

"I'm almost done, you've got this baby," Jungkook assures me.

His hair brushes against my collarbone, his breath tickling my neck. Underneath the buzz of the tattoo gun, I can hear the music playing in the air.

Déjà vu floods my senses—this whole situation is all too familiar. Except this time, the seven people here have a very special place in my heart.

Finally after what seems like forever, the tattoo gun clicks off, the buzz instantly ending.

Jungkook chuckles softly, "I think you can open your eyes now."

I let my eyes drift open, first landing on Jungkook. He gives me a heartwarming smile, eyes twinkling. "Welcome to the club."

My lips tug into a smile. I look away from him and notice that the rest of the guys have decided to join. They're all gathered around the room, beaming at me.

Taehyung leans against the doorway, crinkled eyes aimed at my new ink, "Wow."

"Now you're really stuck with us forever," Yoongi grins, popping a potato chip into his mouth.

I turn my torso and look into the mirror against the wall. I admire the letters newly inked into my skin. "I love it."

"We do too," Hoseok bends down and kisses the top of my head, "Welcome to the squad."

"Sir, those kisses can only be given to Haru by people who love her romantically," Seokjin jokes, elbowing Hoseok.

I chuckle, "You don't have to love me romantically to kiss me."

"So does that mean I can do this?" Jimin bends down and kisses my cheek, surprising me.

"And that I can do this?" Namjoon lifts my hand up and presses his lips against it.

Taehyung clears his throat, "Jokes on you guys, I've already kissed Haru."

Everyone turns and looks at him, bewildered. He chuckles, "I did it right in front of you guys. It was when I was pretending to be her boyfriend."

"Oh yeah," Yoongi speaks up, grinning, "I remember that."

"You guys have no sense of 'personal space', do you?" Seokjin states. "I'm gonna be a gentleman and just," he stops, raising his hand to his lips and blows me a kiss.

I giggle, "I can't believe guys are making such a big deal about this."

Yoongi hums, "I think we should stop though, someone's gonna get jealous." Everyone directs their eyes toward Jungkook.

He breaks into a smile, "Why would I get jealous?"

Taehyung shrugs, "Because everyone's laying their lips on your girlfriend."

"Well if you say it like that it sounds weird," Namjoon says, earning a laugh from the guys.

Jungkook shakes his head. "It's you guys, not some random strangers. I trust you guys."

"He knows you wouldn't try to do anything stupid," I say, standing up.

"But," Hoseok starts, "We already did a lot of stupid stuff."

"We're all stupid but it's okay," Jimin says loudly, pushing his hair back as he heads to the door.

"I actually really like Kook's office," Yoongi says, looking around.

"Do you?" Jungkook asks, putting all of his materials away.

"You know I was really surprised whenever I first came here. The atmosphere was not what I was expecting," I say.

"What were you expecting?" Namjoon asks, following behind me as we exit the room.

"I was expecting it to smell like...sweat or cigarettes or something," I mumble.

"Sweat?" Taehyung chuckles along with the rest of the guys, leading us out of the hallway.

"Haru had really low expectations for us, didn't she?" Jimin says, a smile lingering on his face.

"Well, I mean yeah," I walk over to a chair and sit down, folding my legs onto the cushion.

"What do you think about the shop now?" Seokjin asks, and I smile.

"I love it. Fortunately it doesn't smell like sweat and cigarettes."

Taehyung sits down, letting his head roll back as he stretches, "What does it smell like to you?"

"Like," I stare at the magazines on the table in front of me, "Like men."

"Men?" Hoseok laughs.

The guys' laughter is contagious, as I start laughing at my own response. "I don't know! It smells like musk and cologne, but it's not like a strong smell or anything."

"I'm assuming that's a good thing," Jungkook comes from behind me and plants a kiss on my head before sitting next to me.

I give him a warm smile, "It is a good thing."

"Guys remember when Jungkook and Haru claimed they didn't like each other?" Jimin asks aloud.

"Remember when Haru was drunk and she confessed to Jungkook?" Yoongi adds.

I feel myself blush. "Please that was really embarrassing."

Seokjin chuckles, "Was it?"

I open my mouth to say something when Jungkook turns away and begins coughing into his arm. That cough.

The cough that sounds like he's in pain. The cough that sounds like he's breaking.

I glance at the guys, and all of their facial expressions are the same: scared. "You okay?" I ask Jungkook, and he nods.

"Yeah I-I'll be right back." he stands up and leaves the room, going down the hallway.

I gulp, not taking my eyes off the direction Jungkook walked in. "Guys?"

They all turn and look at me. I look back at them, "Is there something you're not telling me?"

i don't know if you can tell but sadly, this story

is slowly coming to an end. i don't know how many chapters i'm gonna be able to fit

everything into, but the end is approaching!

thank you to everyone who's been supporting

the story so far. if you have any questions

about the storyline, feel free to ask me!